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Masters of deception : Escher, Dalí & the artists of optical illusion

by: Seckel, Al

Publication date: 2004

Topics: Art Forms, Treatments & Subjects, Puzzles & quizzes, Optical illusions in art, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General, Art, Art & Art Instruction, History - Contemporary (1945- ), History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Art / General, THEATER ARTS/ DRAMA - SHAKESPEARE TRD HC

Publisher: New York : Sterling Pub. Co.

Collection: inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; delawarecountydistrictlibrary; americana

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-312) and index

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), composite portraits -- Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), visual surprise -- Sandro Del-Prete (1937- ), a change of perspective -- Jos de Mey (1928- ), paradoxical worlds -- M.C. Escher (1898-1972), master of mind and soul -- Shigeo Fukuda (1932- ), visual scandal -- Rob Gonsalves (1959- ), magic realism -- Mathieu Hamaekers (1954- ), optical constructivism -- Scott Kim (1955- ), ambigrams -- Akiyoshi Kitaoka (1961- ), illusion op art -- Ken Knowlton (1931- ), mosaic portraits -- Guido Moretti (1947- ), transforming sculptures -- Vik Muniz (1961- ), a change of medium -- Octavio Ocampo (1943- ), metamorphic art -- István Orosz (1951- ), anamorphoses -- John Pugh (1957- ), trompe l'oeil -- Oscar Reutersvärd (1915-2001), impossible figures -- Roger Shepard (1929- ), mind sights -- Dick Termes (1941- ), spherical worlds -- Rex Whistler (1905-1944), inversions